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Breakthrough in Solar Power Nanotech? By John P. Mello Jr. TechNewsWorld 03/01/05 7:52 AM PT The use of nanotechnology allows very thin solar panels to be created. "They'll be very lightweight, and they'll be able to mass print them onto rolls like newspaper and then just roll it out on rooftops," said Rona Fried, editor and publisher of the Progressive Investor newsletter. New server for Linux: IBM eServer™ OpenPower™ Has Nanosolar found the Holy Grail of solar energy? For years, the price of solar energy has been so high that, without some form of subsidy, it has been unable to...

Scientists create cells that can harness sun's rays Posted by: Earth on http://PEJ.org Monday, January 10, 2005 - 10:18 PM 299 Reads Scientists create cells that can harness sun's rays Sarah Staples CanWest News Service - Van Sun ;http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=1751c381-ec3b-48ac-8264-bef1d95f3ab1 Monday, January 10, 2005 Canadian scientists have made a discovery that could become a catalyst for new generations of "battery-less" consumer electronic devices and the long-awaited solar-hydrogen economy. They have created paintable plastic solar cells that are the first to harness the sun's invisible, infrared rays, and could deliver up to five times the power of the most advanced photovoltaic cells...